A Movie a Day #280: Mikey (1992, directed by Dennis Dimister)

Mikey (Brian Bonsall) is a little boy who kills people. Over the course of this movie, he kills eight people. He gets away with it because everyone that he meets is extremely stupid. When his teacher notices that Mikey is drawing pictures based on his previous murders, no one thinks anything of it. When she sees that Mikey is now pushing thumbtacks into his arm, no one is too concerned. When the principal goes looking for Mikey, he takes a gun which he then leaves unattended on the kitchen counter. When Mikey tells his teacher that he wants her to teach him “how to die,” everyone figures out that something’s wrong with Mikey but, by then, it’s too late.

For a few years, Mikey had a strong cult following because of the killer kid theme and a few scenes of Josie Bissett in a hot tub. But it really is a dumb movie and Brian Bonsall gave a lousy performance as Mikey. Bonsall has a good psycho stare going but whenever he has to speak, he is so wooden that it is impossible to take him seriously. It takes a good deal of stupidity for an adult to get murdered by a ten-year old and this movie proves it.